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Chuck Close: Life

Prestel USA

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This is the first book to tell the
inspiring story of near tragedy
and ultimate triumph behind the
dazzling work of one of today s
most respected and best-loved
artists. Chuck Close is one of the most acclaimed American artists to
emerge since Andy Warhol. His larger-than-life portraits look
out from the walls of museums and galleries around the globe.
His virtuosity and variety of technique, combined with the
ambition and accessibility of his chosen subject matter the
portrait re-invented on a heroic scale has made him a great
favorite with the public and has won him the respect of his
peers. Chuck Close has achieved fame, yet his full story has
never been told until now. Author Christopher Finch has
known Close since the late 1960s when the artist was creating
his first masterpieces in an unheated SoHo loft. Finch
chronicles Close s childhood battles with illness and dyslexia
and his rise to the pinnacle of the art world. At the age of 48 he
was struck down by an occluded spinal artery that left him a
partial quadriplegic. With extraordinary determination, Close
overcame this potentially career-ending disability, not only
learning to paint again but producing work of extraordinary
richness that equals or surpasses his previous achievements.
With style and authority, Finch reveals the human reality
behind Close s visually eloquent but eternally silent portraits.
Chuck Close: Work

Prestel USA

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Now available in a revised and expanded
edition, this book offers the first comprehensive
critical examination of one of America's most
celebrated living artists. Chuck Close reinvented portraiture almost four decades ago
with a series of nine-foot-tall, black-and-white likenesses of
himself and fellow artists, which astonished an art world
dominated by minimalism and conceptualism. Close has since
explored the possibilities implicit in his original breakthrough
in an array of mediums. This lavish, large-format volume is the
first to deal with all aspects of Close's career and to place
them in a biographical context.
Christopher Finch's insight into Close's achievement comes by
way of hundreds of studio visits and thousands of hours of
conversation since he met Close in 1968. Finch provides an
engaging, in-depth analysis of Close's portraits on canvas,
from the continuous-tone airbrushed heads of the 1960s and
`70s to the painterly "prismatic grids" of the past two
decades. The more than 300 illustrations featured in the book
survey almost all of Close's paintings, including his most recent
work, together with a selection of his prints and multiples, and
examples of his photographic oeuvre. This beautifully
designed volume reveals not only the variety of pictorial
strategies Close has devised, but the extraordinary personality
of the artist behind the work.
Chuck Close: A Couple of Ways of Doing Something

Aperture

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A Couple of Ways of Doing Something replicates a deluxe limited-edition portfolio whose initial run was only 75 copies. This clothbound edition preserves the luxurious sensibility of the original with 22 extraordinary oversized daguerreotypes printed in rich tritone. Working with daguerreotype master Jerry Spagnoli to conquer the complexities of this venerable process, which yields images of astonishing detail and gravity, Chuck Close photographed many of the same artist-friends who have made regular appearances in his paintings over the years: Laurie Anderson, Lyle Ashton Harris, Cecily Brown, Gregory Crewdson, Carroll Dunham, Ellen Gallagher, Philip Glass, Bob Holman, Elizabeth Murray, Elizabeth Peyton, Andres Serrano, Cindy Sherman, James Siena, Lorna Simpson, Kiki Smith, James Turrell, Robert Wilson, Terry Winters, Lisa Yuskavage and himself. Each image is complemented by a poem on its subject by Bob Holman, the celebrated and widely published New York School poet who originated and hosted the famous Poetry Slams at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and now runs the Bowery Poetry Club. With the counterpoint of Holman's engaging poetry, the collected work becomes a transfixing group portrait of Close's influential and highly creative circle of friends and colleagues, as well as an exploration of a challenging photographic medium. A traveling exhibition of the work will launch in November 2006 at the Aperture Gallery.
Chuck Close Up Close

DK CHILDREN

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"When every kid on the block wanted to become a policeman or fireman, I wanted to be an artist. It was the first thing that I was good at, the first thing that really made me special. I had skills the other kids didn't have. Art saved my life." These are the words of Chuck Close, one of America's most celebrated artists and the subject of this inspiring and thought-provoking book. Through interviews conducted with Close as well as an analysis of his technique, acclaimed authors Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan explore the ways in which an artist's life and work intertwine. Close's remarkable larger-than-life portraits are the result of a carefully constructed system that finds its roots in both his struggle to overcome severe learning difficulties as a child and immense physical challenges later in life. With full-color reproductions of Close's work as well as additional material on portraits and portraiture, plus a glossary and bibliography, this is an engaging and accessible study of an extraordinary artist, the subject of over one hundred one-man shows, including a retrospective exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art. At last -- paperback versions of all-time favorite children's books from Dorling Kindersley! Every young reader will find something fascinating on this exciting list. Affordable prices and outstanding quality make Dorling Kindersley Paperbacks the perfect choice for helping children read every day.
The Official Chuck Norris Fact Book: 101 of Chuck's Favorite Facts and Stories

Tyndale House Publishers

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Hundreds of thousands of humorous Chuck Norris facts have been published, traveled around the globe via the Internet, and gained an international audience of millions. Chuck Norris facts are a quirky, extremely popular Internet phenomenon that has entertained fans from all over the globe. In the last several years, Chuck Norris has been asked repeatedly from the heartland of America to the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, “Which facts are your favorites?” For the first time ever, in The Official Chuck Norris Fact Book, Chuck gives readers not only his favorite “facts,” roundhouse-kicked by the man himself, but also the stories behind the facts and the code by which Chuck lives his life. Fans from every corner of the globe will enjoy both the fanciful and inspirational from one of the world’s great action heroes. This book makes a perfect gift.
Chuck Close

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

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This volume, the most comprehensive assessment of Chuck Close's work yet published, accompanied a mid-career retrospective exhibition that opened at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, on February 25, 1998. A leading figure in the New York art world since the early 1970s, Close has recently concentrated on portraits of his artist friends and colleagues, characterized by colorful patterning and vivid brushwork. Subjects include Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Alex Katz, Kiki Smith, Lucas Samaras, and Lorna Simpson. Here, more than 90 paintings, prints, drawings, and photographs are reproduced, along with details and comparative illustrations.

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